Alejandro Trelles will share his impressions and fieldwork experience in Venezuela during a critical moment of economic crisis , violence and social unrest. Format. Brief intro and Q&A. Alejandro Trelles is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds an MA in political science from the same university and a BA in political science from ITAM in Mexico City. His research interests are bureaucracy, electoral institutions, political parties and representation in Latin America and Africa.

Unlike other American wars, the Vietnam War never really ended. It is being re-fought in scholarly works, at college reunions, in family living rooms, and among veterans. Aside from the Civil War, Vietnam was America's most divisive military conflict, and the University of Pittsburgh's Honors College program features some of the war's most outspoken scholars, participants and journalists.

A panel presentation featuring:
Sen. Bob Kerrey, former governor of Nebraska, Vietnam veteran
Peter Arnett, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Vietnam

Pitt students and faculty are invited to join a group of key staff members from the Political, Economic, Defense, and Public Affairs divisions of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv for an “off-the-record” question and answer session about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine:

- Press Attaché - Embassy uses of social media tools and the role of social media throughout Ukraine’s political crisis
- Economic Officer – Economic overview
- Politico-Military Affairs Officer – Political overview
- Energy Attaché – Energy issues effecting Ukrainian sovereignty

The Guardian first revealed the NSA's comprehensive surveillance program in early June of last year, working from information from the now-infamous Edward Snowden. Two weeks later, a series of articles exposed NSA and British spying on European and South American officials at a G20 meeting and by the end of the month, Der Spiegel had published details of America’s electronic surveillance and bugging of European Union offices and the embassies of France, Italy, Greece, and others.

Annual Undergraduate Model EU.

The Sociology Department will be starting off its speaker series this Friday January 10th with a book session, Social Movements in the World-System: The Politics of Crisis and Transformation with authors Drs. Jackie Smith and Dawn Wiest and panelists: Michael Goodhart, Jules Lobel, and Marcus Rediker. This event recognizes the publication of Social Movements in the World-System by faculty member Jackie Smith and her collaborator, Dawn Wiest. A panel of colleagues from Pitt’s history and political science departments and from the law school will offer commentary on the book.

The European Union Center of Excellence & European Studies Center is pleased to present the first Spring 2014 Conversations on Europe Videoconference.
Panelists will discuss the 2004 enlargement, which witnessed the growth of the EU from 15 member states to 25, and assess the impact of that expansion on the entering member states and the institutions of the European Union.

College-bound minority students from Brashear High School learned about international studies and career opportunities through a panel session with Pitt study abroad returnees and breakout sessions with UCIS international studies advisors.

Closing Discussion, Paul A. Bove, Chair

Third Panel Discussion: Bruce Robbins, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, “Some of My Best Friends Are Zionists”, Jonathan Arac, Mellon Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh “What Can We Learn from Uniqueness?” and Donald E. Pease, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, The Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities, Chair of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, Dartmouth College “Said’s Melville”